Development of a computer input device for patients with tetraplegia

Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Workshop on Imagining Systems and Techniques (IST 2006)

et al.

In rehabilitation medicine, it is necessary for medical staff members to recommend a suitable computer input device and adjust the device for each patient with spinal cord injury (SCI). We can select the suitable computer input device for each patient using the evaluation system that we have developed. In this paper, we deal with the adjustment of the device. After selecting the device, the adjustment is carried out by setting the suitable speed parameter on the operating system. We proposed the software system that can calculate the suitable speed parameter from the mouse cursor image when the patient operates the computer. The value of the speed parameter calculated by our software system was adequate for the patient.

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confidence: 99%

Adjustment of Computer Input Device for Patient with Tetraplegia by using the Mouse Cursor Locus Image

Tanimoto¹,

Rokumyo²,

Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Workshop on Imagining Systems and Techniques (IST 2006)

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“…And we developed a new computer input device by analyzing the locus of the mouse cursor when the patient performs a click operation test 7) .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patient's evaluation of computer input devices and its application for the design of new computer input device

Tanimoto¹,

Rokumyo²,

2005 IEEE Instrumentationand Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings

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In rehabilitation medicine, it is necessary for medical staff members to recommend the suitable computer input device for each patient with spinal cord injury. This paper describe the evaluation system of computer input ability and the measurement results of a patient using four kinds of computer input device. First, we propose the device parameter to characterize the computer input device. It may be useful for the medical staffs when they recommend the computer input device for patients. Next, we calculate the eight normalized parameters and represent on the radar plot. Using the radar plot, the medical staffs can evaluate the patient's computer input ability and understand the characteristics of the patient's computer operation. Moreover it is useful for the design of the new computer input device for each patient.

Analysis of computer input operation by patients with tetraplegia

Tanimoto¹,

Rokumyo²,

Second IEEE International Conference on Computational Cybernetics, 2004. ICCC 2004.

et al. 2004

In rehabilitation medicine, the patients with tetraplegia are trained how to operate the computer as rehabilitation. It is necessary for medical staffs to evaluate the computer input ability of patients with tetraplegia. We measured the position locus of the mouse cursor when patients operate the computer using a ball mouse. In this paper, we calculate eight parameters and iIlastrate these parameters on a radar plot to evaluate the computer input ability of patient with tetraplegia. Using radar plot, medical staff can evaluate the computer input ability and then recommend the best computer input device for each patient.